Cheapo Homemade Engine Run Stand And The First Start On Our Mule Big Block Chrysler

It only took a few minor modifications to turn a cheap roll around engine cradle into a basic run stand.
Here's a look at how we tackled ours, what we plan on doing with it, and we light off our 361 Mopar mule engine for the first time on it.
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[@toejam503]

Make a separate stand with a radiator and electric fan, that you can roll up to the engine stand and hook up with just radiator hoses.

[@JasonLuther1]

He knows this.

[@bbb462cid]

@@JasonLuther1 He does, but not every reader of the comment section does.

[@c.n.9074]

@@JasonLuther1 really then why doesn't "he" do it??

[@steveib724]

Me thinking he just didn't want to take the drive to get it that piece Dallas has is big

[@thomasshelby1922]

@@bbb462cidthat’s big brain thinking chief

[@metalbill]

A tip for fresh engine builds… run it with some quiet mufflers. If something is going wrong and making noise, you’ll be able to hear it that way. Then open it up after everything is ok if you want to hear it.

[@trailerparkcryptoking5213]

For sure.....you can even hear the manual transmission flywheel grinding on the auto trans bell housing without the visual of sparks flying everywhere when ya romp on it! 😂😂😂

[@buffdelcampo]

@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 I like the sparks!

[@DS-ss7vl]

@@trailerparkcryptoking5213 ctfu!

[@jodygarcia9892]

But then i hand to turn the radio up like when your driving home and something is wrong

[@crashsroadrunnergarage8612]

Gotta love it when sparks fly😮😮😮

[@TimothySchulting]

So the first thing you learned with the mule is that carburator needs a lot of work. Mission accomplished.

[@nicholasagnew2792]

Its like a fireworks show.

[@screwsinabell]

I love each and every one of my tools that just decided to show up somehow one day. They seem far more dedicated to helping me do what I'm up to than any other tools I have. They also seem to be really eager to make themselves show up just in time to save the day. Here's to magical tools of mysterious origins!

[@bbb462cid]

I have a (close to) complete Stanley ratchet set that honest-to-god fell off the bumper of a van in the '90s as it drove by my house. Great ratchet, my all-time fave set even if a few of the sockets and extensions or of 100% mysterious manufacture. Old, beat up, tested and true tools can't be beat.

[@screwsinabell]

@@bbb462cid Isn't it crazy how the magical tools seem to be even better than the high-quality pricey stuff you buy? Maybe that's just me, but I got a pair of dikes that showed up one day. They're all clapped out, bites taken out of the cutting edges, wonky joint, but they consistently do a better job than Klein dikes I bought. Hell, they do good enough to keep me from getting some knipex dikes, because I don't wanna spend the cash and end up not using them because I've got my trash pair.

[@455buick6]

@@bbb462cid I've picked up numerous tools off the road and stuck in used cars or in the junkyard

[@daveself6386]

We used to use old shopping carts for the base of our old engine stands. Strong and cheap with good wheels. Just weld a few pieces to it and your good to go

[@al_dente4777]

Lightning Yellow's the right color for Ol' Sparky 😄

[@scotcoon1186]

It's been 102-104 in the shop in the afternoon this week. We're running tap water through a truck radiator tied to a barrel fan, keeps it bearable til about 2-230. It helps we have a truck to run the warm water into to reuse for watering the lawn.

[@ytwatcher8288]

sparks=success

[@craighansen7594]

I fully expected the thrust from the open headers along with the wheeled stand to shoot the engine across the floor!

[@bbrown5887]

Shade tree 101 and great video as always. I have a 440 almost finished and wanted to run it before putting it in my Coronet so seeing this provided a great option to chasing a stand somewhere. I’ll have to go farther and include cooling to run it long enough to burn in my camshaft but easily doable.

[@fastinradfordable]

I dunno car chassis make pretty good engine stands.. They even have a fuel tank. A battery. Mounts. And a coolant system. Amazing. 🎉

[@ssnerd583]

@@fastinradfordable ....but that isnt what these guys want....and for GOOD reason. AMAZING that some cannot and do not see this RELEVANT fact.

[@stevejohnson7132]

First time I've seen a first start up for a yellow engine 🤩

[@robertwest3093]

I love running an engine on a stand before installing.

[@Turte_Performance_Balancing]

I did that too when i was younger....today never without any hearing protection...my ears have a great tinnitus from that.

[@fbombsflyingwrenchesgarage6334]

You should mount some AFR gauges.

[@dodden1]

sparks were coming out of the bell housing when you revved it.

[@craigcode7103]

Dialog came up on the screen while that was happening explaining that the sparks were caused by the flywheel seating itself.

[@dadalebreton184]

It's beautiful, It's perfect, It's got Uncle Tony written all over it. Maybe small 1000w electric generator tank would fit under. It's slim and already have bolts holes. For someone who wants to do a engine breaking. Great content again. Thanks.

[@stevenwood3950]

Your good at trolling the trolls. Keep doing what you do. I've learned a lot from you.

[@skeptic3332]

That motor sounds nice!!!!!

[@SMOBY44]

I built a run stand from an engine cradle about 8 years ago. complete with radiator and electric fuel pump and fans. It has never let me down and doesn't take up much more space than this rig. Great video, keep them coming!

[@michaellehmann2803]

Leave it to uncle Tony to run out of gas on a freaking run stand! That’s commitment right there!

[@timothyproksch2915]

Who needs a car all you need is an engine . My favorite use of an engine is when I think they gave don garlets a hemispheric hookeded to the city emergency siren

[@michaeledge8905]

Got the same thing going on with a small block Chevy fun!

[@dubiousf00d]

I dunno much. But i do know not to argue with Mr. Cope about transmissions, especially mopar ones 😂😂

[@ClaremontClassicGarage]

A brake rotor and caliper on the output of the trans with a locking pin would give you a lot of flexibility.

[@chrisvandecar4676]

This is the block that came from a friends rail dragster with the cracked block which was then welded? Cool.😀

[@jerrywesterfield5636]

Enquiring minds want to know this!

[@johncjessome1]

Tony I always wanted to install a modern disc brake rotor and calliper to a 727 outlet shaft to tune engines with resistance for timing and carburetor response

[@xr7coug]

I think the only way to accomplish the converter loading is a trans brake unless you can lock the output shaft with more than the park pawl.

[@silkysixx]

After the temperature issues with Plan Z, you may want a ball valve in between your garden hose and the engine and restrictors on the outlets so it can reach operating temperature.

[@brokendad2222]

Love the sound of a mopar starter.

[@masonhartwick390]

the yellow paint is really cool!

[@stealthsf]

my first engine job

[@mikechasse1016]

Friend of mine was a master welder and dabbled in Chevys. He built a stand out of box tubing and put 4 X body hubs and tires on it to roll it around plus a trailer hitch. Hung a Turbo 350 off the back and used my 69 Caprice spare Rad. I wired it up and put in the gauges starter switch and battery disconnect. He ended up selling it and I never got my rad back! 😕

[@rctopfueler2841]

got to give a shout out to gm ,i loved being able to fire a motor anyplace that motor was sitting no bellhousing needed. so easy man

[@marktompkins8519]

it was the smile when it first fired up...

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

Thanks COOP ...

[@willallen7757]

That was cool, you usually don't see the self clearancing happening.

[@justinweidenbach3699]

I've said it before: Best thing going on the internet.

[@Jonhobbs64]

Hahaha!!! Yes! The perfect man cave accessorie! Sounds good!

[@lilmike2710]

What happened to the "impossible" 318 engine project?

[@NBSV1]

A couple of other channels are working on stuff for it. Not sure if Tony is still involved. Seemed like the idea of the project got out of hand and the other guys started going crazy with it.

[@lilmike2710]

@@NBSV1 yea, I knew David Visard and Casper's dad 😆 had been doing things with it. But it's been a while since I've seen anything.

[@edpetrikk2027]

Anyone can put together an engine run dolly …but can you put together one that will do burnouts ? 😊

[@fireballxl-5748]

Bigger castors Tony.....the bigger the wheels, the easier it moves. Try a set of old grocery shopping cart wheels.

[@marcphillips1020]

The trick is finding them for this cradle. I'm in the same boat, those wheels are too small

[@philipmazzuca2269]

Tractor supply or Harbor freight

[@sometimesleela5947]

A cross-brace or two would be nice as well; that's alot of cast iron balancing up there.

[@1954saltydog]

There is nothing that sounds like a big block Mopar 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@joshhoman]

Very good, that engine looks huge!

[@Jaybird66sweptline]

Kick fuckin ass! Never see videos on 361's. Sounds pretty damn good too. Well done dude.

[@josephgiacobello37]

I have a SBC I pulled out of my Chevelle. Been sitting in my garage for 3 years now. And I was pondering about how to make my own engine run stand that wasn’t all big, bulky and would fit it my 2 car garage. And this is perfect!!

[@SpeedyG289]

Sounds healthy.

[@scottsmith1386]

Oh man! Too simple. Gotta copy this. I even have a 361 laying around 😁

[@agostinodibella9939]

I like the sound!

[@SchneiderClassics]

Having run stand is nice to test motors

[@YODAMAN5]

AWESOME vid UT....LOVE IT....MOPAR 4 EVER.

[@rbotton6272]

nothing like the sound of a full throated sound of a healthy mopar RB 440 v8!!

[@71wicker]

Shopping carts are my go to, cut the basket of and weld uprights for motor mounts.

[@1PacificRedwood]

Stray shopping carts also make great engine storage stands. Just saw the basket off and use a couple of 4x4's to block up the engine. You can run an engine on it as well, just don't rev it too quickly.

[@lonewolf744]

When you run all the gas out the real first time you start the engine. Lol. None the less great video.

[@MightyJoesGarage]

Started my big block blower engine on a engine stand and it was solid!

[@jayroberson2288]

I'm amazed at how you can kneel down on concrete.

[@bobbyz1964]

Though about building a run stand for the 273 too break in the cam. In the end I just put it in the truck, fired it up and drove the damned thing. Same way I've been doing it for 40 plus years. Kept the revs up the first 20 or so miles, new cam is fine at 3,000 plus miles. Quaker State 5W-30 synthetic oil, no zinc additives. Rings seated fine too.

[@coreyschwass7304]

7.18am in Oz . All is well

[@johnm1720]

You're a great teacher Tony.

[@wolfcommander6009]

Them welds held mint👌🏻

[@171apples171]

I built a run stand for a 200 inline 6 a few years back, its on my channel. I got a slant 6 running on the ground too, i know youd appreciate that motor for sure Uncle Tony lol. If i had to make another one, id totally use a cradle like you did. As for control panel, id want something that just bolts/grounds to the engine. Find a bolt hole roughly 3/8 anywhere on any engine and bolt the panel to it. I LOVE starting engines up on the floor.

[@thewholls7176]

Uncle Tony, when I was in high school in the 80s, we did motor mechanics and we had engines on stands like that taller off the ground of course but cooling wise they ran pipes to a 44 gallon drum in the corner of the workshop that was full of water, not even coolant. It works very well Maybe if you do lots of testing on the stand that idea would help you out…..?? Might be easier to plug the motor into an inlet and outlet, generic hose, rather than fiddling around with radiators and having the radiator in the way …..

[@peterbelyea8280]

I like the flames and the sparks.

[@joehefner2296]

Tony please do part 2 how to make or hook up a dummy trans to start big block and full transmision!

[@TAVOAu]

Reading my mind........... or I'm reading yours. I was just sorting through my scrap steel pile yesterday, thinking about making something similar from scratch. That engine sounds sweet, even with the dud carb. Good stuff.

[@daveduckworth1800]

open headers really cleaned up that dusty floor!!!!!

[@bbb462cid]

LOL nothing like wrenching in 110+ temps I built a 455 in a horse stable one hot summer. Don't ask why. I can still smell the horse shit in that godawful-hot stable. I can laugh about it now Tony but man did this bring back a memory!

[@whatchu_talkin_john_willis]

Look for an rv transmission with a pinion brake if you want to apply some load

[@michaelfackler9716]

Put a yoke in the rear of trans and make secure bracketing and mount flange to it with a cross bar,,but make sure its tough

[@yardsalecrap]

It sounds really good...

[@somewhereinmexico1454]

Did you see that smile when it started. 😂 priceless. On ya Tony. Love it.

[@brianfarrar3594]

Perfect mancave accessory! I need one!

[@anthonyshelton6786]

nice little project and sounds good

[@darrelsundling5503]

These are very handy and helpful to have. I made mine from a shopping cart I found in the ditch 👍

[@caddydaddy6728]

She sounds like a ripper 👍👍

[@mickymcfarts5792]

5:30 look at that smile

[@captaindew3106]

the flywheel need a spacer to keep it from sparking like that. it a spacer to mount between the bellhousing and the engine block like it shown on a old video of Nick Garage a few years ago.

[@alfgotl]

Unrelated but here's a video Idea for you Tony. I would like to hear what were the old school accessories and upgrades for used cars in the late 70s and 80s. I'm talking about CB radios, KC hilites, Gabriel air shocks, Slotmags ect...

[@alienworkshop37]

Header gaskets leak. Could see fire there lol

[@jasonbrommelkamp7196]

Brake rotor a one transmission yoke. Then brake caliper mounted to run stand.

[@randyperfecto7468]

Hell yeah uncle T at his finest

[@fortyshooter1]

I did the same using one of my engine stands and added a cross bar with up rights for the engine mounts. Welded a plate to rear stand up right to bolt to bellhousing. Worked really well !

[@waynepaul9276]

This should get the cold start crowd wet.

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

That's awesome.

[@mostlymoparih5682]

Nice. Happy Motoring.

[@fastinradfordable]

Love you brother man. Top level work on a budget mY MAN

[@russelljackson7034]

Right on

[@cygnusl.a4180]

Great video UT

[@7t2z28]

I have a Olds 455 I'm in about the same position with. I built a stand for it, should be about ready to light. I need to break in the cam and find something to put it in.

[@dougjones9493]

What's the sparks coming from the Bell housing when you rev it up

[@paularndt6111]

I need a Yellow monster for my man cave!!

[@terrycullender123]

Great video! So many nightmare videos were scaring me.

[@LORISSABOOBMAN]

I saw sparks from somewhere light around the spark plugs or arching from plug wires leaking headers something lighting the plug hole area recesses.

[@LORISSABOOBMAN]

7.40 mark on

[@johnkranyics281]

Uncle Tony keeping it simple as always. I see he uses Derek's favourite fuel filter. 👍👍🇨🇦

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Useful and fun !!! Woooo hoooo!!!

[@MitchJohnson-uu5uf]

Nice exhaust gaskets

[@mcmotorsports]

Good idea! Might try that myself. Thanks UT

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

Put a truck brake on the back of the transmission. I have one on my Dodge motor home. You may need to really extra tighten the shoes to hold against a full load of power, depending on your mule engine, but in the overall, its pretty strong and can hold up to a reasonable amount of power, as it is designed to hold back up to 36,000 pounds of truck or motor home on a 7% grade.